Mycelial · what it reads
What Mycelial reads, and why
Mycelial is a host, not a browser: it keeps Groves, and each Grove keeps its rings. It reads outside Pools too, but less than a reader like Face Up, on purpose. What it reads comes from four layers, and the most restrictive wins.
- The Pool and its host decide what is allowed at all. Invite-only only for its members, unlisted only with the address §3.2, a sensitive ring only in its own app, and a host’s request that apps leave a Pool alone.
- Features decide what an app may do with it. No Pool here needs an extension yet.
- The developer narrows. Mycelial reads outside Pools only within its scope, and never dating Pools.
- The person narrows last. A member can limit which kinds of apps show them.
Its client manifest
As RFC 0018’s draft describes. Not served yet.
| Setting | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
hosts_pools | true | Mycelial keeps Groves, and each Grove keeps its rings. |
reads_external_pools | scoped | Outside Pools only within its scope. |
scope_intent_tags | peer-support, integration, neurodivergent, grief, somatic, spiritual-practice, mutual-aid | The Pool kinds it was built for. |
extensions | none yet | Until RFC 0009 lands. RootSignal is listed only once its license and name are cleared. |
Every Pool in this world, as Mycelial reads it
| Pool | Visibility | In Mycelial |
|---|---|---|
| Alderwell | ||
| Alderwell Co-hosts | Public | Reads. A ring of Alderwell, a Grove in Mycelial. Any app may read it too. |
| Alderwell Peer Circle | Invite-only | Only for members. A ring of Alderwell, marked sensitive: Mycelial shows it only to its own members, and no other app shows it at all. |
| Alderwell Body-doubling Partners | Unlisted | Only for members. A ring of Alderwell, marked sensitive: Mycelial shows it only to its own members, and no other app shows it at all. |
| Alderwell Night Owls | Invite-only | Only for members. A ring of Alderwell, marked sensitive: Mycelial shows it only to its own members, and no other app shows it at all. |
| Alderwell Stewards | Public | Reads. A ring of Alderwell, a Grove in Mycelial. Any app may read it too. |
| Many Moons | ||
| Many Moons: Harbor Counties | Public | Never. A dating Pool. Mycelial never reads dating Pools, by its own choice: it sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Solo Poly Supper Club | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged friendship, non-monogamy and solo-poly. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| The Orchard Street Household | Unlisted | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged household and non-monogamy. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Hearthhold | ||
| Platonic Life Partners | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged chosen-family and platonic-partnership. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Intentional Co-Parents | Unlisted | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged chosen-family and co-parenting. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Later-Life Housemates | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged friendship, housemates and later-life. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Late Supper | ||
| Late Supper Matchmakers | Public | Never. A dating Pool. Mycelial never reads dating Pools, by its own choice: it sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| The Tuesday Table | Unlisted | Never. A dating Pool. Mycelial never reads dating Pools, by its own choice: it sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Second Chapters | Unlisted | Never. A dating Pool. Mycelial never reads dating Pools, by its own choice: it sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Scattered Light | ||
| Scattered Light Stewards | Public | Reads. In Mycelial’s scope. A garden tender can link it to a Grove, as a ring from elsewhere, and members who are in it see it on their Presence. |
| The Heron | Invite-only | Only for members. Invite-only (§3.2). Mycelial shows it only to people already in it, on their own Presence. |
| Foul Weather Friends | ||
| Lend and Borrow | Public | Reads. In Mycelial’s scope. A garden tender can link it to a Grove, as a ring from elsewhere, and members who are in it see it on their Presence. |
| Rides to Appointments | Public | Reads. In Mycelial’s scope. A garden tender can link it to a Grove, as a ring from elsewhere, and members who are in it see it on their Presence. |
| The Check-In Circle | Unlisted | Never. Foul Weather Friends asks apps not to read it, and its address travels only by hand. Mycelial honors the site’s word, with the address or without. |
| Meals When It’s Hard | Public | Reads. In Mycelial’s scope. A garden tender can link it to a Grove, as a ring from elsewhere, and members who are in it see it on their Presence. |
| Midspan | ||
| Midspan Mentors | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged first-generation and mentorship. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Midspan Students | Invite-only | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged first-generation, mentorship and students. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Seen Work | ||
| Seen Work: Harbor Trades | Unlisted | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged referrals, trades and work. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Seen Work Curators | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged curating, referrals and trades. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| The Board at Port Ellery Free Library | ||
| Tuesday Morning Walkers | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged friendship and walking. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Seed and Cutting Swap | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged friendship and gardening. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Conversation Partners, Any Language | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged conversation, friendship and language-exchange. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Carpool to the Coast | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged carpool. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Chess After Close | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged chess and friendship. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| New in Town | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged friendship and new-in-town. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Fix-It Friday Volunteers | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged repair and volunteering. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Ferry Room Players | ||
| Friday Subs | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged bass, drums, guitar, keys, music and sub. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Start a Band: Port Ellery | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged band, friendship and music. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Horns and Strings for Records | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged horns, music, session and strings. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Songwriters’ Demo Swap | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged demos, music and songwriting. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Door and Sound Crew | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged crew, music, sound and volunteering. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Correo Lento | ||
| Español ↔ English | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged english, language-exchange, letters and spanish. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Português ↔ English | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged english, language-exchange, letters and portuguese. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Français ↔ English | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged english, french, language-exchange and letters. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Tagalog ↔ English | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged english, language-exchange, letters and tagalog. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| The Circular | ||
| Circular Correspondents | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged editing, volunteering and writing. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Drip Line | ||
| Belay Partners | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged belay, climbing and partners. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Tuesday Regulars | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged bouldering, climbing, friendship and regulars. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| The Saturday Run | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged friendship, regulars and running. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| New to Climbing | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged climbing, friendship and new-to-climbing. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Thursday Night: Women and Nonbinary Climbers | Unlisted | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged bouldering, climbing, friendship and women-and-nonbinary. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Ada Quillon | ||
| Ada Quillon’s Listeners | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged friendship, listening, music and songwriting. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Release Night: Kitchen Light at the Ferry Room, Friday, October 16 | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged kitchen-light, music and show. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| House Show in Tacoma, Saturday, October 17 | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged house-show, kitchen-light, music and show. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Portland, Friday, October 23 | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged kitchen-light, music and show. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Rain Check | ||
| Rain Check: Everyone | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged board-games, friendship, game-night, rain-check and tabletop. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Port Ellery Thursdays | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged board-games, game-night, port-ellery and rain-check. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Olympia Thursdays | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged board-games, game-night, olympia and rain-check. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Tacoma Thursdays | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged board-games, game-night, rain-check and tacoma. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Portland Thursdays | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged board-games, game-night, portland, rain-check and role-playing. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Big Game Day | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged board-games, game-day, lending, rain-check and rides. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Slack Water | ||
| Slack Water 2026 | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged festival, folk, friendship, maritime-music and slack-water. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Slack Water 2025 | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged festival, folk, friendship, maritime-music and slack-water. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Session Players | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged fiddle, folk, music, session and shanties. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Crew and Volunteers | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged crew, festival-crew, sound and volunteering. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Rides Home | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged carpool and rides. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Wren’s List | ||
| Date-Me Docs: Cascadia | Public | Never. A dating Pool. Mycelial never reads dating Pools, by its own choice: it sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Second Tide Books | ||
| The Singles Shelf | Public | Never. A dating Pool. Mycelial never reads dating Pools, by its own choice: it sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Queer Harbor | ||
| Queer Harbor: Dating | Unlisted | Never. A dating Pool. Mycelial never reads dating Pools, by its own choice: it sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Face Up | ||
| Face Up: Cascadia | Public | Never. A dating Pool. Mycelial never reads dating Pools, by its own choice: it sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Heartwood | ||
| Heartwood: Nearby | Public | Never. A dating Pool. Mycelial never reads dating Pools, by its own choice: it sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Heartwood: Friends nearby | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged friendship. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Sundial | ||
| Sundial: Cascadia | Public | Never. A dating Pool. Mycelial never reads dating Pools, by its own choice: it sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Card Catalog | ||
| Card Catalog: Cascadia | Public | Never. A dating Pool. Mycelial never reads dating Pools, by its own choice: it sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| The Kindling project | ||
| Founding Curators | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged curating and founding-cohort. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Client Builders | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged building and open-source. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Spec Readers | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged indieweb and spec-review. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Toward a Working Group | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged governance. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Writers and Researchers | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged journalism, research and writing. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
| Other hosts | ||
| Cape Tarrow First-Gen Alumni | Public | Not read. Outside Mycelial’s scope: it is tagged alumni, careers, first-generation and mentorship. It sticks to peer support, mutual aid and the other Grove kinds it was built for. |
Mycelial is made by TranquilTech, which also maintains Kindling. It follows the same rules as every app here, and gets no special access.